''See also:''
- January 29 - The Supremes ' Mary Wilson is injured when her jeep hits a freeway median and flips over just outside of Los Angeles, California . Wilson's 14-year old son is killed in the accident.
- January - German Industrial Metal band Rammstein founded.
- February 1 - Green Day 's first major label studio album, '' Dookie '', debuts.
- February 7 - Blind Melon 's lead singer Shannon Hoon is forced to leave the American Music Award s ceremony for his loud and disruptive behavior. Hoon is later charged with battery, assault, resisting arrest, and destroying a police station phone
- February 14 - The Grateful Dead 's Jerry Garcia marries Deborah Koons
- February 23 - The ground breaking ceremony for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada . Eddie Van Halen , Chris Isaak , and B.B. King attend the event.
- March 1 - Nirvana plays the band's final concert in Munich
- March 3 - In Rome , Nirvana's Kurt Cobain lapses into a coma after overdosing on Rohypnol and champagne.
- March 5 - Grace Slick is arrested for pointing a shotgun at police in her Tiburon, California home.
- March 8 - Nine Inch Nails release The Downward Spiral , a groundbreaking album that stands as one of the most acclaimed from that era.
- March 18 - Courtney Love calls the police fearing that her husband, Nirvana 's Kurt Cobain , is suicidal. Police confiscate four guns and twenty-five boxes of ammo from Cobain's home.
- March 18 - Bassist Darryl Jones replaces Bill Wyman in The Rolling Stones
- March 30 - Pink Floyd embarks on what would be their last world tour before their breakup. The record-breaking tour supports their Division Bell album, with the band playing to 5,500,000 people in 68 cities and grossing over £150,000,000.
- March 31 - Madonna appears on '' The Late Show With David Letterman '', making headlines for her foul mouthed, profanity laced interview. Robin Williams later described the segment as a "battle of wits with an unarmed woman."
- April 8 - The body of Kurt Cobain , lead singer of Nirvana , is found. Cobain's death, which happened Three Days Before , is legally declared a suicide.
- April 19 - The Offspring releases their critically acclaimed album '' Smash ''.
- April 25 - Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys is sentenced to 200 hours of community service for attacking a television cameraman during funeral services for actor River Phoenix in November of 1993
- April 26 - The legendary Fillmore club reopens in San Francisco, California .
- April 26 - Grace Slick pleads guilty to pointing a shotgun at police officers on March 5 .
- May 6 - Pearl Jam files a complaint against Ticketmaster with the U.S. Justice Department charging that the company has a monopoly on the concert ticket business
- To help promote his new album, Alice Cooper released a three part comic book that followed the album The Last Temptation
- May 10 - Weezer releases their debut album. The self-titled "blue" album goes multiplatinum. Tupac Shakur begins serving a 15-day sentence in a county jail for attacking Director Allen Hughes on the set of a video shoot.
- June 7 - Grace Slick is sentenced to 200 hours of community service and three month's worth of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after a March 5 incident with police officers.
- July - The Verbier Festival is launched.
- August - Rich Mullins and "Leave a Legacy" contest winner, 76 year old Miguel Garcia Massiate, travel to Bogotá , Colombia with Compassion International . The two men visit the Ciudad Sucre Center where Mullins presented them with over $40,000 that was raised on his summer '94 ''Ragamuffin Band tour''.
- August 12 to August 14 - Woodstock '94
- August 30 Oasis release their debut album Definitely Maybe it becomes the fastest selling debut album of all time until 2006 when it was beaten by the Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not .
- September 8 - Richard A. Morse , lead male vocalist of RAM , narrowly escapes a kidnapping by armed men during the band's live performance at the Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince , Haiti ; the attempted kidnapping was provoked by the performance of "Fèy" , a RAM single banned nationwide by the military authorities.
- October 4 - Dream Theater releases their third studio album Awake
- Brett Gurewitz leaves Bad Religion to concentrate on the fast growing Epitaph Records , leaving their singer Greg Graffin the only founding member of the band still performing with the group. He was replaced by former Minor Threat / Dag Nasty guitarist Brian Baker , who turned down a touring job for R.E.M. at this time. However, Gurewitz rejoined Bad Religion in 2001 and he is still a member of the band today.
- Frank Sinatra receives the Grammy Award s Lifetime Achievement award. Sinatra's acceptance speech is cut short and other artists, upset by this action, criticize the producer's decision during the show, including Billy Joel who takes extra time to perform his song, ''The River of Dreams'', noting that he is wasting valuable air time.
- The three surviving members of The Beatles secretly reunite to record additional music for a few of John Lennon 's old unfinished demos, presented to Paul McCartney by Yoko Ono , with Jeff Lynne producing. The track, Free As A Bird , is released as a single, reaching #2 in the UK, and evolves into the exhaustive Beatles Anthology project.
- José Cura wins the Operalia – International Plácido Domingo Opera Singer Competition
- '' Age Ain't Nothing But A Number '' - Aaliyah
- '' The Sign '' - Ace Of Base
- ''75 Minutes'' - Acen
- '' Forever Now '' - Level 42
- '' Big Ones '' - Aerosmith (compilation)
- '' Box Of Fire '' - Aerosmith (box set)
- '' Jar Of Flies '' - Alice In Chains
- ''Senseless'' - Abhinanda
- ''Soul Fixin' Man'' - Luther Allison
- '' Everyone Should Be Killed '' - Anal Cunt
- '' Old Stuff, Part Two '' - Anal Cunt
- '' King Of The Kill '' - Annihilator
- ''Tales From the Thousand Lakes'' - Amorphis
- '' Selected Ambient Works Volume II '' - Aphex Twin
- ''Zingalamaduni'' - Arrested Development (final album before disbanding)
- ''Russel's Shorts'' - Arrogant Worms
- '' Terminal Spirit Disease '' - At The Gates
- '' Aerial Service Area '' - Atom Heart (with Victor Sol and Niko Heyduck)
- '' Dots '' - Atom Heart
- ''Orange'' - Atom Heart
- '' Softcore '' - Atom Heart
- '' Incunabula '' - Autechre
- '' Stranger Than Fiction '' - Bad Religion
- ''Rappin & Tappin'' - Derek Bailey
- '' Maybe You Should Drive '' - Barenaked Ladies
- '' Hex '' - Bark Psychosis
- '' Ill Communication '' - Beastie Boys
- '' Mellow Gold '' - Beck
- '' Stereopathetic Soulmanure '' - Beck
- '' One Foot In The Grave '' - Beck
- '' Higher Power '' - Big Audio Dynamite
- ''Big Bad Voodoo Daddy'' - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
- ''Pussy Whipped'' - Bikini Kill
- ''Dupatta Tera Sat Rang Da'' - Surjit Bindrakhia
- '' Amorica '' - The Black Crowes
- ''My Life'' - Mary J. Blige
- '' Four '' - Blues Traveler
- '' Parklife '' - Blur
- '' ...For Victory '' - Bolt Thrower
- '' Crossroad '' - Bon Jovi
- '' Creepin On Ah Come Up '' - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- '' Chocolate Synthesizer '' - The Boredoms
- ''Walk On'' - Boston
- '' The Good, The Bad & The Argyle '' - The Bouncing Souls (debut)
- ''II'' - Boyz II Men
- '' Genius And Brutality -- Taste And Power '' - Brainbombs
- '' Brandy '' - Brandy
- ''The Hits'' - Garth Brooks
- '' Grace '' - Jeff Buckley
- '' There's Nothing Wrong With Love '' - Built To Spill
- '' Sixteen Stone '' - Bush
- '' Motorcade Of Generosity '' - Cake
- '' Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards In The Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On And Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over '' - Cap'n Jazz
- ''The Bleeding'' - Cannibal Corpse
- '' Heartwork '' - Carcass
- '' Clásicos De La Provincia '' - Carlos Vives
- '' Happy On The Inside '' - Certain Distant Suns
- '' From The Cradle '' - Eric Clapton
- '' Both Sides '' - Phil Collins
- '' Resurrection '' - Common Sense
- '' The Last Temptation '' - Alice Cooper
- ''O Sorriso do Gato de Alice'' - Gal Costa
- '' No Need To Argue '' - The Cranberries
- '' Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre '' - Current 93
- '' State Of Shock '' - D.I. (final album before disbanding)
- '' Worst Case Scenario '' - DEUS
- '' Balls To Picasso '' - Bruce Dickinson
- '' Out Of Range '' - Ani DiFranco
- '' Without A Sound '' - Dinosaur Jr.
- '' Sayonara '' - Die Flippers
- '' Unsere Lieder '' - Die Flippers
- '' D.I. Go Pop '' - Disco Inferno
- '' Promenade '' - The Divine Comedy
- '' Awake '' - Dream Theater
- '' Hell Freezes Over '' - The Eagles
- ''The Hot Seat'' - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- '' In The Nightside Eclipse '' - Emperor
- '' The Cross Of Changes '' - Enigma
- '' Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me '' - Gloria Estefan
- '' I Say I Say I Say '' - Erasure
- '' Middle Class Revolt '' - The Fall
- ''Recordando A "Los Panchos"'' - Vicente Fernández
- '' Hard To Earn '' - Gang Starr
- '' Just Glü It '' - Glue Gun (as Glü Gun) (debut)
- '' House Of Love '' - Amy Grant
- '' Dookie '' - Green Day
- '' Bee Thousand '' - Guided By Voices
- '' Parachute '' - Guster (debut)
- ''Friendly People'' - Guttermouth
- '' This Toilet Earth '' - GWAR
- '' In September '' - Hayden
- '' Dis Is Da Drum '' - Herbie Hancock
- '' Live Through This '' - Hole
- '' Cracked Rear View '' - Hootie & The Blowfish (debut)
- ''Knysna Blue'' - Abdullah Ibrahim
- ''Groove Family Cyco'' - Infectious Grooves
- '' The Ringmaster '' - Insane Clown Posse
- '' Laid '' - James
- ''2'' - Jerky Boys
- '' Diary Of A Mad Band '' - Jodeci
- '' Hear The Masses '' - Bradley Joseph
- '' The Great Subconscious Club '' - K's Choice
- '' Kerbdog '' - Kerbdog
- '' Gringo Honeymoon '' - Robert Earl Keen
- '' Dogman '' - King's X
- '' KoRn '' - KoRn (Debut)
- '' (Welcome To) Sky Valley '' - Kyuss
- '' Hungry For Stink '' - L7
- '' Throwing Copper '' - Live
- '' Whip-Smart '' - Liz Phair
- '' Burn My Eyes '' - Machine Head
- '' Bedtime Stories '' - Madonna
- '' Holiday '' - The Magnetic Fields
- '' The Holy Bible '' - Manic Street Preachers
- '' Portrait Of An American Family '' - Marilyn Manson (Debut)
- '' Under The Table And Dreaming ''- Dave Matthews Band
- '' De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas '' - Mayhem
- '''' - Me Mom & Morgentaler
- '' Too High To Die '' - Meat Puppets
- '' Youthanasia '' - Megadeth
- '' Tical '' - Method Man
- ''Speak Squeak Creak'' - Melt-Banana
- '' Stoner Witch '' - Melvins
- '' Houdini '' - Melvins
- ''Musica de Rua'' - Daniela Mercury
- '' Athos '' - Stephan Micus
- '' Question The Answers '' - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- '' A Night In San Francisco '' - Van Morrison
- '' Vauxhall And I '' - Morrissey
- ''13 Above the Night'' - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
- ''Love Or Nothing'' - Miyuki Nakajima
- '' Illmatic '' - Nas
- '' Let Love In '' - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
- '' The Downward Spiral '' - Nine Inch Nails
- '' Going Public '' - Newsboys
- '' MTV Unplugged In New York '' - Nirvana (the first release after Kurt Cobain 's death)
- ''Screaming Dolorous'' - Nitocris
- '' Ready To Die '' - The Notorious B.I.G.
- '' Punk In Drublic '' - NOFX
- '' Definitely Maybe '' - Oasis
- '' Smash '' - The Offspring
- '' Striving For The Lazy Perfection '' - The Orchids
- ''Orthodox Celts'' - Orthodox Celts
- '' Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik '' - Outkast
- ''W.F.O.'' - Overkill
- '''' - Page And Plant
- '' Days In The Wake '' - Palace Brothers
- ''Deflowered'' - Pansy Division
- '' Far Beyond Driven '' - Pantera
- '' Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain '' - Pavement
- '' Vitalogy '' - Pearl Jam
- ''Wildflowers'' - Tom Petty
- ''Martinis and Bikinis'' - Sam Phillips
- '' The Division Bell '' - Pink Floyd
- '' Snuff The Punk '' - P.O.D. (debut)
- '' I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle '' - Portastatic
- '' Dummy '' - Portishead (debut)
- '' Music For The Jilted Generation '' - The Prodigy
- '' Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age '' - Public Enemy
- '' Pulp Fiction '' - Soundtrack
- '' Promised Land '' - Queensrÿche
- '' Flirting With The Universe '' - The Rainmakers
- '' Let's Go '' - Rancid
- '' Monster '' - R.E.M.
- '' Cowboys In Love - Riders In The Sky
- ''Rivermaya'' - Rivermaya
- '' Rusty '' - Rodan
- '' Voodoo Lounge '' - Rolling Stones
- '' Weight '' - Rollins Band
- '' Crash! Boom! Bang! '' - Roxette
- ''Black Hand Inn'' - Running Wild
- '' Tiger Bay '' - Saint Etienne
- ''Sweet Revenge'' - Ryuichi Sakamoto
- '' The Sea And Cake '' - The Sea And Cake
- '' Bakesale '' - Sebadoh
- '' Scratch The Surface '' - Sick Of It All
- '' Starlite Walker '' - Silver Jews
- '' Letters Never Sent '' - Carly Simon
- '' Divine Intervention '' - Slayer
- '' Twice Removed '' - Sloan
- '' Souvlaki '' - Slowdive
- '' Pisces Iscariot '' - The Smashing Pumpkins
- '' Ruby Vroom '' - Soul Coughing
- '' Superunknown '' - Soundgarden
- '' Turn It Upside Down '' - Spin Doctors
- '' Foolish '' - Superchunk
- '' Mars Audiac Quintet '' - Stereolab
- '' Purple '' - Stone Temple Pilots
- ''Dreamspace'' - Stratovarius
- ''Suicidal For Life'' - Suicidal Tendencies
- '' Get Up On It '' - Keith Sweat
- '' Son Of Altered Beast '' - Matthew Sweet
- ''Deep in the Shadows'' - Tav Falco's Panther Burns
- '' How To Make Friends And Influence People '' - Terrorvision
- ''Bust a Nut'' - Tesla
- ''Low'' - Testament
- '''' - The Immortals (band) (Debut/Only Album)
- '' Troublegum '' - Therapy?
- '' John Henry '' - They Might Be Giants
- '' Live!! New York City 10/14/94 '' - They Might Be Giants
- '' Grassroots '' - 311
- '' Wildhoney '' - Tiamat
- '' CrazySexyCool '' - TLC
- '' Dulcinea '' - Toad The Wet Sprocket
- '' Australian Melodrama '' - The Triffids
- '' American Thighs '' - Veruca Salt
- ''New Times'' - Violent Femmes
- '' Chocolate And Cheese '' - Ween
- '' Weezer '' (Blue Album) - Weezer
- '' Yanni Live At The Acropolis '' - Yanni
- ''A Finest Fusion Of Black Tempo'' - Yellow Productions (later Bob Sinclar )
- '' Oh My Love '' - Zard
- '' Chansons Des Mers Froides '' - Hector Zazou
- '' The Main Ingredient (album) '' - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1994.
''See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits Of 1994 ''
- January 6 - Harold Sumberg , violinist
- January 15 - Harry Nilsson
- January 17 - Georges Cziffra , pianist
- February 7 - Witold Lutosławski , composer
- February 24 - Dinah Shore
- March 16 - Nicolas Flagello , composer
- March 22 - Dan Hartman
- March 23 - Donald Swann , pianist and entertainer
- ca. April 5 - Kurt Cobain
- June 14 - Henry Mancini
- June 15 - Manos Hadjidakis , composer
- June 25 - DJ Train , producer
- June 29 - Kurt Eichhorn , conductor
- July 31 - Anne Shelton , British singer
- September 2 - Roy Castle , musician and all-round entertainer
- September 13 - John Stevens , jazz musician
- September 20 - Jule Styne
- September 29 - Cheb Hasni
- October 19 - Martha Raye
- October 22 - Shlomo Carlebach , Jewish songwriter
- November 11 - Elizabeth Maconchy , composer
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